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Fig. 18

From: Understanding a mass in the paraspinal region: an anatomical approach

Fig. 18

Schwannoma of a ventral branch of the right 2nd lumbar spinal nerve in a 32-year-old female with neuropathic pain of the right anterior medial thigh. Axial CT reconstruction (a) shows a hypodense mass within the psoas muscle (white arrowhead) with high signal on T2WI (b), low signal on T1WI (c) and heterogeneous contrast-enhanced fat saturation T1WI (d). The mass extends into the vertebral body forming a lytic lesion with sclerotic margin (black arrow). The yellow star shows the epicentre of the mass

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